Title Hurcombe's hungry half hundred : a memorial history of the 50th Battalion A.I.F. 1916-1919 / compiled by R.R. Freeman

Published Norwood, S. Aust. : Peacock Publications, 1991

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Description x, 350 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm + 1 supplementary ed Contents Machine derived contents note: Battle Honours V -- Fo Rew O Rd I Vi -- Introduction Vii -- Acknow Ledgem Ents Viii -- Chapter 1 Origins 1 -- Chapter 2 Formation 4 -- Chapter 3 Egypt 13 -- Chapter 4 Leaving Home - The Journey 25 -- Chapter 5 Egypt To France 36 -- Chapter 6 Fr Nce 39 -- Chapter 7 Camp In England -- Chapter 8the Battalion -- Chapter 9 Pozieres 60 -- Chapter 10 Second Pozieres 75 -- Chapter 11 In The Trenches - 1916 79 -- Chapter 12 Flers Sector 91 -- Chapter 13 Noreuil 94 -- Chapter 14 Messines Ridge 107 -- Chapter 15 Zonnebeke 112 -- Chapter 16 Father Michael Bergin S.J 119 -- Chapter 17 In Thetrenches - 1917 123 -- Chapter 18 Hollebeke 134 -- Chapter 19 Dernancourt 140 -- Chapter 20 Villers-Bretonneux 144 -- Chapter 21 52nd Battalion A. I F. 59 -- Chapter 22 In The Trenches 1918 164 -- Chapter 23 Hospital England 182 -- Ch Apter 24 En Glan D 188 -- C H A Pter 25 Bray 193 -- Ch Apter 26 Pero Nn E 98 -- Chapter 27 Armistice 204 -- Chapter 28 Prisoners Of War 208 -- Chapter 29 D Nant 223 -- Hapter 30 Thoughts On War 238 -- Chapter 31 Conscription W 245 -- Chapter 32 Civilians 249 -- C:Hapter 33 Americans 2 54 -- .. Apteram Erica N S 33 254 -- Chapter 34 Coming Home 257 -- Conclusion : 264 -- End Notes 277 -- Appendix 1 Battalion Song 280 -- Appendix 2 H Onour Roll 281 -- Appendix 3 Honours And Awards, Citations And Recommendations 287 -- A Ppendix 4 D Ia Ry -- Appendix 5 Reinforcements To The Battalion 306 -- Appendix 6 Officers Of The Battalion 308 -- Appendix 7 Nominal Roll 322 -- Appendix 8 Death Dat S 338 -- Appendix 9 Personal Photographic Index 345 Notes Includes index to personal photographs Bibliography IIS Notes Most of the Battalion, formed in Egypt in 1916, came from South Australia and Broken Hill Subject Australia. Australian Army. Battalion, 50th. -- History Australia. Australian Army. Battalion, 50th Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921). Infantry Battalion, 50th -- History. Soldiers -- Australia -- Northern Territory. World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Australia. Author Freeman, R. Roger Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921). Infantry Battalion, 50th. LC no. 93131028 ISBN 0909209499

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